Pill-Tile
ca. 1705-1730 (made)
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Pill-tile of tin-glazed earthenware, painted with the arms of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries. Azure, Apollo proper with his head radiant holding in his left hand a bow and in his right hand an arrow, or, supplanting a serpent argent, with the crest upon a wreath of the colours a rhinoceros proper, supported by two unicorns or armed and unguled, and the motto: OPIFERQUE: PER: ORBEM: DICOR. Below is an oval cartouche with the arms of the City of London, a cross gules, in the first quarter of a sword of the second. All the decoration is in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Condition: Glaze restored on lower left edge.
Glaze: Bluish white, thick and inclined to pool. Back much crazed.
Shape: Two holes for suspension pierced through the upper part before glazing.
Body colour: Buff.
Condition: Glaze restored on lower left edge.
Glaze: Bluish white, thick and inclined to pool. Back much crazed.
Shape: Two holes for suspension pierced through the upper part before glazing.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
| Brief description | Pill-tile of tin-glazed earthenware, decorated in blue with the Arms of the Apothecaries Society and of the City of London, with an inscription, London, ca. 1705-1730 |
| Physical description | Pill-tile of tin-glazed earthenware, painted with the arms of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries. Azure, Apollo proper with his head radiant holding in his left hand a bow and in his right hand an arrow, or, supplanting a serpent argent, with the crest upon a wreath of the colours a rhinoceros proper, supported by two unicorns or armed and unguled, and the motto: OPIFERQUE: PER: ORBEM: DICOR. Below is an oval cartouche with the arms of the City of London, a cross gules, in the first quarter of a sword of the second. All the decoration is in blue. Body colour: Buff. Condition: Glaze restored on lower left edge. Glaze: Bluish white, thick and inclined to pool. Back much crazed. Shape: Two holes for suspension pierced through the upper part before glazing. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'OPIFERQUE: PER: ORBEM: DICOR.' (Inscribed in blue) |
| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Object history | Acquired by the Museum of Practical Geology before 1871. Transferred, 1901. |
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| Other number | K12. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
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| Accession number | 3835-1901 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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